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package com.cloudera.flume.master;

import com.cloudera.flume.conf.FlumeSpecException;

/**
 * This is a source-to-source translator with logical node context
 * 
 * TODO (jon) use composition instead of inheritance with
 * TranslatingConfigurationManager
 */
public interface Translator {

  /**
   * Translate the specified sink into a new sink.
   */
  public String translateSink(String logicalnode, String sink)
      throws FlumeSpecException;

  /**
   * Translate the specified source into a new source.
   */
  public String translateSource(String logicalnode, String source)
      throws FlumeSpecException;

}
